Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 6.25
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 6.25 · 6 · Verse 25
Sanskrit Original
।।6.25।। शनैः शनैः न सहसा उपरमेत् उपरतिं कुर्यात्। कया बुद्ध्या। किंविशिष्टया धृतिगृहीतया धृत्या धैर्येण गृहीतया धृतिगृहीतया धैर्येण युक्तया इत्यर्थः। आत्मसंस्थम् आत्मनि संस्थितम् आत्मैव सर्वं न ततोऽन्यत् किञ्चिदस्ति इत्येवमात्मसंस्थं मनः कृत्वा न किञ्चिदपि चिन्तयेत्। एष योगस्य परमो विधिः।।तत्र एवमात्मसंस्थं मनः कर्तुं प्रवृत्तो योगी
6.25 Tyaktva, by eschewing; asesatah, totally, without a trace; sarvan, all; the kamam, desires; sankalpa-prabhavan, which arise from thoughts; and further, viniyamya, restraining; manasa eva, with the mind itself, with the mind endued with discrimination; indriya-gramam, all the organs; samantatah, from every side; uparamet, one should withdraw, abstain; sanaih sanaih, gradually, not suddenly;-with what?-buddhya, with the intellect;- possessed of what distinction?-dhrti-grhitaya, endowed with steadiness, i.e. with fortitude. Krtva, making manah, the mind; atma-samstham, fixed in the Self, with the idea, 'The Self alone is all; there is nothing apart from It'-thus fixing the mind on the Self; na cintayet, one should not think of; kincit api, anything whatsoever. Thisis the highest instruction about Yoga.